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She felt terrified-as if she had been given a delicate and valuable glass ornah it should have been given to stronger, more capable hands so it would not be harmed Not that she hadn’t staked out her claih

When Anna didn’t say anything, he continued "She took me as her lover because, once she knew her ability to make anyone lust after her didn’t work onher partner"

Anna snorted "I’ didn’t bother her , didn’t I? I owe you an apology"

She glanced at hi this down in ancient history-but I didn’t stop her doing so soon enough either And then words are not always s clear: there was nothing between us except o or ht," she told hiht Dry hu time to acquire former lovers I can blame you for"

A warm hand closed over her knee, and a warm, wordless voice curled around her even as Charles said, "I liked it today, when you claimed s that you were able to talk about her without being jealous"

She took her right hand off the wheel and ran her hand down his arm "You need to check your nose, Kemo Sabe" If he could be honest, so could she "I don’t like you talking about her I wanted to rip her face off when she kissed you And when Brother Wolf pushed me out-"

"He didn’t mean it that way" Charles’s free hand tapped on the door frae, not even to htforward"

The boys in the Ferrari were still on her tail, and she tapped her brakes once in warning

"Well," she said Straightforward "I suppose that explains it all" But it didn’t bother her anymore It wasn’t Charles’s explanation that soothed her, it was the way she’d felt Brother Wolf’s straightforward agreement with Charles’s pleasure in the way she’d faced up to Dana and claimed hi Not much fro to be reat dealthe sah and slid down in his seat "I suppose we do, for good or for ill, eh? He doesn’t like the fae, not even Dana And he we are still adjusting to having you We protect our pack, that’s what our job has always been Especially the submissives who are our heart"

"And he you feel a, not submissive at all But she served somewhat the same purpose in the pack The dominant wolves could relax around her because they knew that she would never challenge them-not because she couldn’t, but because she wouldn’t Oas didn’t care about pack position, they just cared about the pack

"You are ours," he said unequivocally, huone "Brother Wolf’s and s, but safe isn’t one of the us-and if we’d talked to you too long, she’d have sensed it and been offended It is not difficult to offend most fae, and Dana is not an exception"

"Her reaction to the painting Bran sent her was odd," Anna said

"Powerful," agreed Charles "But it would not have done to give her a gift that was less than the gifts others will bring her during this conference Staying on the right side of the fae is an interesting dance, and I’ll leave it to my father to know exactly how to step"

"The Ver of her own?"